SAD NEWS: Pregnant woman, her daughter, 3 others die of electrocution

Pregnant woman, her daughter, 3 others die of electrocution

It was a sad day yesterday April 10th for residents of Onabanjo street in
Oworonsoki, Lagos, as some of their neighbors
including a pregnant woman simply identified as Mrs Ameh and her
daughter were electrocuted by a live wire.
According to a Punch report, a heavy downpour in the early hours
of yesterday morning resulted in the collapse of an electric pole
that still had electricity running in it. The pole and its cables fell
in front of a building on the street resulting in massive fire which
was sparked by stored fuel inside one of the cars parked in front of the
building. As the fire began to spread, residents of the building
started running out of their house to save themselves from the fire,
only to step on electric cables still running with electricity. 5
people, including 3 children were electrocuted, while two cars were
burnt.

A neighbour and eye-witness tells Punch exactly how it happened. Find that after the cut.. *Graphic pic when you continue*...

"Around 2am, I was by the
balcony of my house when I saw a wire spark. The wire then fell on some
wood and caught fire. The fire spread to the tyre of a Toyota car. The Toyota car had some jerry cans of
petrol inside it and when the fire got to it, the vehicle exploded in
front of house number six.

"Some of the occupants of the house, who
were trying to run for their lives, passed the back of the house and
came out through the front of house number eight.”

They mistakenly stepped on parts of the wire and were electrocuted.

“The pregnant woman
(Mrs Ameh) and her daughter were electrocuted by the wire. However, I
quickly pulled away Jonathan, their son, and he survived.

“Three other residents, Basheet, Iya Fatimah and her daughter were also electrocuted.”

About an hour later, electricity officials disconnected power from the affected lines.